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Word: unflexible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...does a spider stretch its legs? That question is an old zoologist baffler. Spiders have no leg-stretching muscles, yet they have an unquestioned ability to unflex all eight pedal extremities. A Caltech biologist, after long study, has finally solved the riddle: the answer is blood pressure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: About Spiders | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

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